Hurricane Run

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Hurricane Run


caption =
sire = Montjeu
grandsire = Sadler's Wells
dam = Hold On
damsire = Surumu
sex = Stallion
foaled = 2002
country = Ireland flagicon|Ireland
colour = Bay
breeder = Gestüt Ammerland
owner = Michael Tabor
trainer = André Fabre
record = 14: 8-3-2
earnings = £2,447,602
race = Prix Hocquart (2005)
Irish Derby Stakes (2005)
Prix Niel (2005)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2005)
Tattersalls Gold Cup (2006)
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2006)
awards= European Three-Year-Old Champion Colt (2005)
European Horse of the Year (2005)
#1 - World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings (2005)
honours =
updated= June 22, 2007

Hurricane Run (born 2002) is a world champion thoroughbred racehorse trained by André Fabre, and ridden in most of his races by jockey Kieren Fallon for owner Michael Tabor.

Hurricane Run was bred by German owners Gestüt Ammerland and bought by Tabor in May 2005. The French-trained colt is a son of champion Montjeu out of a German bred dam, Hold On.

Hurricane Run was voted the Cartier Racing Award for European Horse of the Year and was the "World's Top Ranked Horse" for 2005 plus the "World's Top Ranked Long Distance Horse" as compiled by the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. Hurricane Run lost only one race in 2005 when his late charge from behind a wall of horses just failed to catch the winner in the Prix du Jockey Club over an inadequate trip of 10 furlongs.

During 2005, Hurricane Run won two Group 1 and two Group 2 races. His victories included the prestigious Irish Derby Stakes at the Curragh and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris. His two length win was rated the best performance during the year by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. He was scheduled to run at Belmont Park in New York in October in the 2005 Breeders' Cup Turf but was sidelined with health problems.

2006 campaign

In an uncanny parallel to the career of his sire Montjeu, Hurricane Run's campaign as a four-year-old began brightly, but then tailed off somewhat towards the end of the season. After winning the Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh, he suffered a shock defeat in the June 25, 2006 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in Paris. He returned to action on July 29, ridden by Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon, to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot Racecourse. His season ended with creditable, though substandard efforts in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Champion Stakes and, finally, a most disappointing run in the Breeders Cup Turf. Hurricane Run was retired for the 2007 breeding season to Coolmore Stud in Ireland.

Major Winners

* Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2005
* Prix Niel 2005
* Prix Hocquart 2005
* Prix de Ferrières 2005
* Prix de Belleville 2004

* Irish Derby 2005
* Tattersalls Gold Cup 2006

* King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes 2006

Accessits

* Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud : 2nd in 2006
* Prix du Jockey Club : 2nd in 2005
* Prix Foy : 2nd in 2006

Pedigree

Pedigree
name = Hurricane Run
f = Montjeu
m = Hold On
ff = Sadler's Wells
fm = Floripedes
mf = Surumu
mm = Hone
fff = Northern Dancer
ffm = Fairy Bridge
fmf = Top Ville
fmm = Toute Cy
mff = Literat
mfm = Surama
mmf = Sharpen Up
mmm = Lucy
ffff = Nearctic
fffm = Natalma
ffmf = Bold Reason
ffmm = Special
fmff = High Top
fmfm = Sega Ville
fmmf = Tennyson
fmmm = Adele Toumignon
mfff = Birkhan
mffm = Lis
mfmf = Reliance
mfmm = Suncourt
mmff = Atan
mmfm = Rocchetta
mmmf = Sheshoon
mmmm = Laverock|

References

* [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=19819 NTRA bio]